54 Rare Historical Photos Of Drag Queens Before It Was Safe To Be Out!

1920s: Noted drag queen Harry S. Franklyn was another popular performer during the Pansy Craze of the 1920s.

1920s: Vander Clyde, or “Barbette,” was a vaudevillian sensation. She traveled around the States and Europe with her infamous aerial act, which featured death-defying trapeze stunts in full drag. At the end of her act she would remove her wig and strike a masculine pose.